Photo of the Day, Boston Style - Part Deux

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Wasn't that just entirely renovated? They didn't install central air?
 
Ahh, I knew it! Those AC units are so prominent, they're about the only thing that saves the building from being totally forgottable.

 
Ron Newman said:
Wasn't that just entirely renovated? They didn't install central air?
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That's mostly true. They renovated the John Adams Courthouse next door, but didn't seem to touch the tower at all. I believe it was several years ago that in the tower, they replaced all the air circulation/ventilation/filtration because people were literally getting sick from breathing in there. Now if they could just stop pieces of brick from the top of the tower from flaking away...
 
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fabulous pic btw.
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Assuming you're talking to me and not Joe, then thanks! It's a personal favorite of mine.
 
terrific picture. Makes me feel all Orwellian inside. That could be the Ministry of Truth.
 
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both pics are awesome really, but i was specifically referring to the second.
 
I realized that most of you guys haven't seen my work from last year since I didn't join this board until that June or so. And seeming how the picture-a-day has slowed down around here, I figure I'll throw up a few.

I'm feeling the sepia tone today





 
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that building angers me. i can't get over the fact that they included a surface parking lot in the design; where were the Nimbys???

- nowhere because this building isn't tall.
 
What building is this? Is the surface lot a reservation for future expansion of the building?
 
10 St. James Avenue in Boston's "midtown" Park Plaza district.

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=119311

On both the north and south sides of the tower (to the west of it) there are parking lots, which I imagine with one or two floors of underground parking could have made for a much nicer ambience, but I believe the building framing the lots was built long before the 2001 tower, so who knows what was feasible..
 
Liberty Mutual Owns those surface parking lots, what a waste of space.
 
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referring to the 10 St. James building, its my impression that 2/3 of the construction surrounding those new parking lots are part of the 'new' construction, meaning it was designed that way from the start.

Could they build out that space? Certainly, its a parking lot, but I don't think it was built with that intention.
 
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Hmm somehow I am not familiar with that building that is going under renovation. Which building is that?
 
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